Leeds, Barclay R., 1834-1918
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Leeds Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1284
Abstract
Family papers, predominantly correspondence and photographs, of the Quaker Leeds family.
Dates:
1860-2000
Morris Evans Leeds papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1014
Abstract
A collection that focuses on two dates: 1862 & 1942. In the former, Lewis W. Leeds' invention of the window envelope is detailed with contracts, bills, correspondence and samples of the envelope. In 1942, his descendant, Morris E. Leeds corresponds with E. Tudor Gross who has become interested in the invention and ends with the article entitled "The Window Envelope," which appeared in the Collector's Club Philatelist in April of that year.
Dates:
1862-1944; Majority of material found in 1862; 1942
